Little Ran and Rui arrived, heavily guarded. Their guards only left their sides once they reached their father's room.
However, just when the little young masters stood before the door, Gu Wei suddenly popped out, blocking them.
\"Ahem… good morning, little young masters.\" He greeted like a soldier, not leaving the door.
\"Good morning, big bro Wei.\" Little Rui innocently blinked at him, obviously wondering why this big bro was still standing there, not moving away.
\"Please let us in.\" Little Rui then added when Gu Wei still didn't budge.
Scratching his head, Gu Wei bent down and smiled at the two little buns.
\"Let's wait here for a moment okay? Yang Jin, I mean, Dr. Yang is still inside doing some routine checks so we'll wait for him, okay?\"
\"O-okay.\"
\"Where's your grandpa? He's not coming this time?\"
\"Grandpa caught a cold.\"
\"Oh, is he alright?\"
\"He's fine, he just need some rest right now.\"
\"I see, that's a relief then.\"
After buying enough time, Yang Jin finally opened the door.
\"Good morning, Dr. Yang,\" Rui greeted as they both bowed at their father's doctor.
\"Good morning,\" Yang Jin also smiled gently at them. \"Sorry, for making you two wait.\"
\"No, it's really alright with us.\"
\"Okay, you can now go inside.\"
Gu Wei then accompanied the two little buns inside as soon as Yang Jin left. He sat at the corner of the room, observing the father and sons.
Yu Chen was lying on his bed, pretending to be sleeping. Who knew he was such a good actor? There was no sign of him being awake just moments before.
\"Good morning, daddy,\" Rui greeted as little Ran held Yu Chen's hand.
\"Grandpa caught a cold so he can't visit you today but don't worry daddy, we will make up for his absence. Ranran and I had played basketball yesterday. Ranran is really good at it. When you wake up we will play together, okay?
\"We brought a good book to read to you today, tadah!! It's called 'Prince and the pauper'! Ranran, come over here. We will take turns in reading it. Daddy, we will only stay for thirty minutes so we will just read a few pages but don't worry, we will read more to you in the next few days.\"
Yang Jin had told the boys a while ago that they could only stay for thirty minutes today which made the boys a little sad. But when Yang Jin told them that this was for their dad, the boys nodded without complaint.
Thirty minutes later, the boys wrapped up as they were told to.
\"Daddy, we will come back again tomorrow. I hope we will see mommy, too. We miss you daddy.\" Rui said and after the two held their father's hand, they finally left.
Yu Chen rose on his bed as soon as the door closed. He had been holding back. He wanted to hug them so much he almost opened his eyes. It was damn hard, harder than he thought. He badly missed the two kids as well and he wanted to see them and spend time with them to make up for the past four months. How much more if Xiaolei was the one who come? Would he manage to keep pretending?
\"Are they always reading stories to me like what they did today?\" Yu Chen asked Gu Wei.
\"Yes boss. I can't even count how many stories they had read to you until now.\"
\"Is Xiaolei… not seeing them often?\"
\"Uhm… miss Luo is always not around so the boys rarely see her.\"
Yu Chen looked forlorn as he weakly stared outside the window.
Finally, the therapy started. The doctors were standing by the whole day, worried because the man was too determined. Gladly, he couldn't feel pain or else it would have been real tough.
Just like that, the day died and night came. Yu Chen only stopped when Yang Jin insisted that it was enough. He had improved a lot just within a day and he even ate a lot. He was excessively determined to do everything just to make himself better.
Time passed and midnight came. Time seemed to be damn so slow today.
Yu Chen was already on his bed, prepared to close his eyes and pretend to be still in a coma once Xiaolei arrives. He had been so impatient, he really wanted her to come home now.
\"Boss! She's here!\" he finally heard Gu Wei's whisper from the door. He closed his eyes and he heard Gu Wei greeting her. His heart began to palpitate. Thankfully, Yang Jin had messed with the monitor to show a normal heartrate so it didn't make any noise.
And then, he heard her footsteps getting closer to him.
Yu Chen almost held his breath. All he could hear now was his own heartbeat and the silent, careful sound of her footsteps.
She didn't speak as she walked closer to him. She sat on the chair next to him and stayed still for a long while.
\"Good evening, sweetie. I'm home...\" she said and then he felt something land on the edge of the bed. Yu Chen smelled a faint scent of alcohol coming from her. Was she drunk?
\"Sorry sweetie. You're not going to get angry with me for being drunk tonight, right? Ahh… I feel so dizzy. Goodnight, sweetie.\" She mumbled and then she fell quiet.
Yu Chen couldn't take it anymore. This was really easier said than done! This was simply unbearable.
Finally reaching his limit, the man opened his eyes. It wasn't even five minutes yet and he already gave in.
However, the moment he turned and saw that his Xiaolei was already sleeping right next to him, emotions immediately began to flood his entire being.
The accident from four months ago only felt like yesterday to him but he knew that to her, those four months were hellishly long.
Yu Chen pushed himself up and sat before he lifted his hand and touched her face m. He badly wanted to lift her up and put her on his lap and embrace her the entire night but he didn't even have the strength to do that and it was making him feel so miserable just watching her like this.
\"Xiaolei… I'm sorry,\" was all he uttered as he lovingly caressed her hair, when suddenly, the supposedly sleeping girl lifted her face.